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His mouth seemed far away, damp and small, as though misplaced.
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Samanta Schweblin, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
They are found between tens of AU and hundreds of AU from their star, and some of the belts are tilted or elongated, as though the gravity of an unseen planet or planets is pulling on them.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Mixing styles, synthesizer and organ tones, a Vocoder voice box and a prog-rock album’s worth of tempo changes, on both releases Hudson composes and plays as though his muse can barely contain all the ideas flowing out.
—Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Lee feels as though the overall quality of the app has gone down.
—Steffi Cao, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
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Samanta Schweblin, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
They are found between tens of AU and hundreds of AU from their star, and some of the belts are tilted or elongated, as though the gravity of an unseen planet or planets is pulling on them.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Mixing styles, synthesizer and organ tones, a Vocoder voice box and a prog-rock album’s worth of tempo changes, on both releases Hudson composes and plays as though his muse can barely contain all the ideas flowing out.
—Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Lee feels as though the overall quality of the app has gone down.
—Steffi Cao, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
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